ITEST Webinar
Fides et Ratio:
When Ideology Distorts Science and Medicine
Saturday, June 20, 2026
7:00 am – 9:00 am (Pacific)
8:00 am – 10:00 am (Mountain)
9:00 am – 11:00 am (Central)
10:00 am – noon (Eastern)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (London)
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Webinar fee: $10
No charge for: ITEST members, clergy, seminarians, women and men religious
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Webinar Abstract
Scientific research should be guided by virtues of compassion, justice, and human dignity. That influence must avoid biasing the interpretation of experimental studies but may impact recommendations and policy. Two recent examples of gross distortion of this collaboration in pediatric medicine have been puberty blockers (2012-2024) and vaccine policy (2025-26).
Our presenters
Kevin Powell, M.D., Ph.D
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Kevin Powell, M.D. Ph.D. FAAP, is a retired pediatrician who specialized in the care of hospitalized children. Prior to medical school he worked as a chemical engineer in industry and academia, earning a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering from a joint program of Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alongside clinical care, for 18 years he served on or chaired hospital ethics committees and was a clinical ethics consultant. His last academic position was on faculty at Saint Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. He is Lutheran.
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Francis Etheredge
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Francis Etheredge is a Catholic married layman, with eleven children, three of whom he hopes are in heaven and the rest of whom are alive and well and stepping through life’s stages of school, university, and career. In the last ten years, he has returned to being a self-employed writer. Find some of his books listed in the resources section below.
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